Description: This medical exhibit features with one sagittal (side cut-away) view of the cervical spine clearly showing the disc herniation at C6-7. Key steps of the discectomy and fusion are then shown including the anterior neck incision to expose the cervical spine, the removal of the offending disc, the harvest of the bone graft from the hip, the placement of the interbody cage...
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This medical exhibit features with one sagittal (side cut-away) view of the cervical spine clearly showing the disc herniation at C6-7. Key steps of the discectomy and fusion are then shown including the anterior neck incision to expose the cervical spine, the removal of the offending disc, the harvest of the bone graft from the hip, the placement of the interbody cage and bone grafts and the placement of the anterior cervical plate and screws.